Test 9 · ★★★ · Sharks by kind: great white, tiger, bull and hammerhead
A tiger shark is cut open and a number plate is inside. Why is this not so surprising?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: number plate, this · What happens: cut, be, not be · To what, where: tiger shark
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 310 «Sharks by kind: great white, tiger, bull and hammerhead» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A tiger shark is cut open and a number plate is inside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shark | det |
| 2 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shark | compound |
| 3 | shark | shark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cut | aux:pass |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cut | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 inside | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 plate | det |
| 9 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 plate | compound |
| 10 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 inside | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 inside | cop |
| 12 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 cut | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present · passive | a tiger shark | open property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a number plate | inside property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Why is this not so surprising?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 surprising | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 surprising | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 surprising | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 surprising | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 surprising | advmod |
| 6 | surprising | surprising | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 surprising | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | this | surprising property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Somebody hid it there as a joke before it was caught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | obj |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 hid | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 joke | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 joke | det |
| 7 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 caught | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 caught | aux:pass |
| 11 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 hid | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | Somebody | it | there | as a joke | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||
| 2 | catch | past · passive | joke | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Tiger sharks collect cars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sharks | compound |
| 2 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 collect | nsubj |
| 3 | collect | collect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 collect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collect | present | Tiger sharks | cars | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |
Option 3
Number plates are its favourite food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plates | compound |
| 2 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 food | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 food | cop |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 food | nmod:poss |
| 5 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 food | amod |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Number plates | its favourite food | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tiger sharks eat almost anything, rubbish included
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sharks | compound |
| 2 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 5 anything | advmod |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 eat | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 rubbish | punct |
| 7 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 anything | conj |
| 8 | included | include | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 rubbish | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Tiger sharks | anything | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | include | participle | rubbish not said here | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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